… were being exterminated and the United States government gave him an opportunity that he then seized and to the end of his days, the most proud he ever was. And This was a man who invented the first prosthetic limb. was of being United States Marine and being an American. And I was coming from a different place, but I felt like I owed this country that had given so much to my family, something back. (39:31–39:35)
CLAIM
Asserts that Jake Auchincloss's grandfather invented the first prosthetic limb.
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